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Heikki Hänninen

Heikki Hänninen

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
47
Citations
9199
World Ranking
2509
National Ranking
239

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
9208
World Ranking
4402
National Ranking
99

Heikki Hänninen publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heikki Hänninen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 128 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Heikki Hänninen D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heikki Hänninen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heikki Hänninen is primarily affiliated with Zhejiang A & F University in China. Their research contributions span multiple fields within environmental and agricultural sciences, focusing extensively on plant and ecological studies.

Their scientific work covers the following main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The main research topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Heikki Hänninen has contributed to several academic journals, with frequent publications in these venues:

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Metsätieteen aikakauskirja
  • Annals of Forest Science
  • Global Change Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Leaf senescence exhibits stronger climatic responses during warm than during cold autumns, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Decreasing control of precipitation on grassland spring phenology in temperate China, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Interaction of drought and frost in tree ecophysiology: rethinking the timing of risks, 2021, Annals of Forest Science
  • A hundred years after: endodormancy and the chilling requirement in subtropical trees, 2021, New Phytologist
  • The chilling requirement of subtropical trees is fulfilled by high temperatures: A generalized hypothesis for tree endodormancy release and a method for testing it, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Rui Zhang
  • Jiasheng Wu
  • Jinbin Zheng
  • Fucheng Wang
  • Nicolas Delpierre

Best Publications

  • Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change – evidence from tree populations

    Florian J. Alberto;Florian J. Alberto;Florian J. Alberto;Sally N. Aitken;Ricardo Alía;Santiago C. González‐Martínez

  • Modelling bud dormancy release in trees from cool and temperate regions.

    Heikki Hänninen

  • Air temperature triggers the recovery of evergreen boreal forest photosynthesis in spring

    Suni Tanja;Frank Berninger;Timo Vesala;Tiina Markkanen

  • Does climatic warming increase the risk of frost damage in northern trees

    H. Hänninen

  • Effects of climatic change on trees from cool and temperate regions: an ecophysiological approach to modelling of bud burst phenology

    Heikki Hänninen

  • Tree seasonality in a warming climate.

    Heikki Hänninen;Karen Tanino

  • Plant development models

    I. Chuine;I. Garcia de Cortazar-Atauri;K. Kramer;H. Hänninen

  • Plant Development Models

    Isabelle Chuine;Koen Kramer;Heikki Hänninen

  • Acclimation of photosynthetic capacity in Scots pine to the annual cycle of temperature.

    Annikki Mäkelä;Pertti Hari;Frank Berninger;Heikki Hänninen

  • Effects of photoperiod and temperature on the timing of bud burst in Norway spruce (Picea abies).

    Jouni Partanen;Veikko Koski;Heikki Hänninen

  • A framework for modelling the annual cycle of trees in boreal and temperate regions

    Heikki Hänninen;Koen Kramer

  • Increased heat requirement for leaf flushing in temperate woody species over 1980-2012: effects of chilling, precipitation and insolation.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Yann Vitasse;Hongfang Zhao

  • Models of the spring phenology of boreal and temperate trees: Is there something missing?

    Tapio Linkosalo;Risto Häkkinen;Heikki Hänninen

  • Larger temperature response of autumn leaf senescence than spring leaf-out phenology.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Nicolas Delpierre;Fanghua Hao

  • Divergent trends in the risk of spring frost damage to trees in Europe with recent warming.

    Qianqian Ma;Jian-Guo Huang;Heikki Hänninen;Frank Berninger;Frank Berninger

  • The effects of long‐term elevation of air temperature and CO on the frost hardiness of Scots pine

    T. Repo;H. Hänninen;S. Kellomäki

  • A simulation model for the succession of the boreal forest ecosystem.

    Seppo Kellomäki;Hannu Väisänen;Heikki Hänninen;Taneli Kolström

  • Climate warming and the risk of frost damage to boreal forest trees: identification of critical ecophysiological traits

    Heikki Hänninen

  • Boreal and Temperate Trees in a Changing Climate

    Heikki Hanninen

  • Relationship between temperature and the seasonal course of photosynthesis in Scots pine at northern timberline and in southern boreal zone

    Pasi Kolari;Hanna K. Lappalainen;Heikki Hänninen;Pertti Hari

  • Sima: a model for forest succession based on the carbon and nitrogen cycles with application to silvicultural management of the forest ecosystem

    S Kellomäki;H Väisänen;Heikki Hänninen;T Kolström

Frequent Co-Authors

Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki
Tapani Repo
Tapani Repo Natural Resources Institute Finland
Frank Berninger
Frank Berninger University of Eastern Finland
Yongshuo H. Fu
Yongshuo H. Fu Beijing Normal University
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Seppo Kellomäki
Seppo Kellomäki University of Eastern Finland
Koen Kramer
Koen Kramer Wageningen University & Research
Pasi Kolari
Pasi Kolari University of Helsinki
Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Fanghua Hao
Fanghua Hao Beijing Normal University

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